"I believe that origami carries the message of peace to everyone in the world"

Akira Yoshizawa – Origami Master

"The Japanese word ORIGAMI is compound of ORI (to fold) and KAMI (paper). Although origami has been a part of Japanese culture for more than a thousand years, it began in China, the birthplace of paper."

Origami Zoo by Robert J. Lang and Stephen Weiss

"It is not difficult to understand why Origami is the most popular of all papercrafts: the art is very inexpensive, can be done anywhere at anytime and requires no equipment or facilities other than a sheet of paper and a firm surface to work on."

Step-by-Step Origami by Paul Jackson

"Origami has became an international art. Every year the world of origami grows bigger, its popularity has grown not only in Japan but worldwide. Anyone can enjoy Origami, regardless of age, sex, nationality and language."

The New Origami by Steve & Mequmi Biddle

"Why do people became paperfolders ? The reasons are about as many as the folders. I suspect that most non-creative folders learn origami in order to be able to teach it as an entertainment for children, as therapy
for patients with physical or mental handicaps, as a means of cultivating dexterity , or as a demonstration of the principles of geometry. Others fold paper because they want to use the models they make – as decorations for holidays and parties or to make individual greeting cards."

Complete Origami by Eric Kenneway

"Origami can enrich human life with the joy of having made something oneself. It has been bringing this kind of happiness to many people for many hundreds of years."

The project goal is to promote a peaceful and better world by educating all people through art practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Philantropy spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and tolerance.

The project is the UNESCO 2005 prize-winner for the contribution to World culture and World Peace promotion.

More than 5000 participants from 54 countries have already taken part with their nice Origami models in thirteen Peace Tree Festivals.